Brick-car.



No. 818,851. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

F. H. REID.

BRICK GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1905.

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attouwul No. 818,851. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

P. H. REID.

BRICK OAR.

APPLIOATION IILBD MAYIZ, 1905 2 SHBETS-BHEET 2.

gluve'ukn UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HOWARD REID OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO SUCCESS BRICK MACHINERYCOMPANY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, A CORPORA- TION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

BRICK-GAR.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed May 12, 1905. Serial No, 260.154.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRAXK HOWARD REID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brick-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

.to be operated from either end of the car.

Another object of my invention is to provide a suitable form of lever transmission mechanism between the jack mechanism and the movable brick-support for imparting the raising and lowering movements to said movable support.

Another object of the inventionis to so organize these various mechanisms as to dispose the lifting strain directly over the bearings of the wheels upon the rails.

Such disposition of the parts avoids strains between the bearings, which have a constant tendency to throw the car and its lifting mechanism out of true, which greatly shortens the life of the entire machine.

Another object of the invention is to provide a vertically-movable deck or brick-support having certain improved guiding features and connections with the lifting mechanism which will be later more fully described.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in the description of the acdevices for reversing the aolc-feed. Fig. 418

a view similar to Fig. 3, s owing the opposite companying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a topplan view. Fig. 21s a central vertical section through Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailed side elevation, partly in'section, with parts removed, showing the actuating side of the car with the mechanism for actuating the jack. Fig.5 is a section on line a; :13,

Fig. 1, showing the position of the jack mechanism relative to the center of the car and the stirrup and with the movable frame removed.

The truck consists of the usual frame 1, wheels 2, and axles 3. The axles are reinforced by the bolsters 4, forming sup orts for the fulcrums of the various lever mec ianisms, whereby the lifting and o )erating strains are thrown directly over the wheel centers. Across the intermediate portion of the truck is thrown a platform 0, from which is su'spended a housing 6, containing a jack mechanism, this housing being depended below the truck. Projecting from the lower end of the housing is the ratchet-bar 7, to which is imparted a vertical step-feed movement by the jack mechanism within the housing. It is not essential to illustrate or describe the housed details of the jack mechanism, as numerous well-known forms would answer.

Projecting from one side of the housing is the 7 5 actuating crank-shaft 8, (see Figs. 4 and 5,) having the crank-arm 9. This crank-arm. it will be observed, is intermediately secured upon the end of shaft 8, and to'the opposite end of arm 9 are respectively pivoted the links 10, which are projected in opposite directions to the opposite ends of the truck. From the bolsters 4 are forwardly projected the struts 11, to the front ends of which are fulcrumed the hand-levers 12, the inner ends of 8 5 which are in turn respectively fulcrumed to the outer ends of the links 10. Upon the opposite side of the housing from the projecting end of shaft 8 is an eccentric 13. (see Fig. 3,) having a pin 14. said pin, and 16 represents arms or actuatingrods secured to each other and to said crankarm 15 and pfojected to the opposite ends of the truck, as shown in Fig. 3. (See also Fig. 5.)

The present invention is not concerned with the details of this reversing mechanism, which may be of any approved pattern. It is obvious that from either end of the car the ratchet-bar 7 can be fed vertically in either direction. Thisis of practicalconveniencaas too it saves the operator the necessity of unnecessarily walking around the car. r

I will now describe the lifting mechanism actuated by the ratchet-bar.

17 represents two levers t1ed together by a rod 18. 19 20 represent similar levers and 1 5 is a crank-arm fixed to o I tie-rods. The pairs of levers 17 19 are ful- 1 nection with the upper ends a substan-' thesaid platform,

tially U-shaped frame 21. (See Figs. 2 and 5.) The lower end of the ratchet-bar 7 engrages upon the cross-piece of the'U-shaped arne 21. The upper ends of said levers 17 19 are provided with the antifriction-rollers 22. v

23 represents rails trussed together to form a deck or support. The rollers 22 have their inner flanges engaging the inner surfaces of the rails 23. By this means the deck or support seats upon the upper ends of the levers 17 19 and has a substantially antifriction sliding engagement therewith. To prevent the support from longitudinal movement relative to the truck, the su ort has a uide" PP g member having depending arms 24;, (see Fig. 2,) which engage the opposite sides of the platform 5.

It is obvious that as-the ratchet-bar is actuated to moveit downward its lower end straining downward upon the stirru 21 will m oye it downward, depressing the inner ends of levers 17 19 divergingly, the upper ends of said levers being raised convergingly and so sliding under and lifting the support 23. When the feed mechanism is reversed and the ratchet-bar is retracted into the housing, the su port will be lowered. The inner ends of t c said levers 17 19 have a slotted engagement with the stirrup 21 topermit of their longitudinal movement. By this mechanism the support may be lifted in a true horizontal plane in step movements by an easy and convenient manipulation.

Having described my invention, I elaim- 1. In combination with a car truck and wheels, a lifting-jack supported by the truck, a vertically-movable brick-support seated upon the truck, connections between the jack and said support, for imparting a "ertical feed to the support, a crank shaft and arm for actuating t 1e j'ack, lever mechanism pivotally connected to said arm and fulcrumed at opposite ends of the car-truck, means for reversing the direction of movement of the jack, and actuating devices for the said reversing mechanism projected to the opposite ends of the truck, substantially as described. 2. In combination with a car truck and wheels, a platform straddling the truck, a jack mechanism se the under face of bar movable "ertic lly. un lever mechanism fulcrum" having a stirrup engagi g r the platform, a on the truck, the end of said ratchet-bar, the up'pe en s of said lever under the platform, a substantially U-shaped stirrup engaging underthe end of the ratchetba'r,.lever mechanism pivoted to the opposite arms of said stirrup, said lever mechanism being extended to the opposite ends of the truck and fulcrumed thereto substantially over the Wheel-axles, the upper ends of said lever mechanism projecting above the truck and forming a seat, adapted to slidably'engage and sup ort the said movable brick-support, means for feeding the said ratchet-bar in opposite directions, and anactuating-lever, substantially as described.

mechanism projecting above the truck, and

4. In combination with 'a car truck and wheels, a platform straddling the truck, the

said truck being provided with bolsters f comprising a ratchet bar movable vertically.

under the platform, a substantially U-shaped stirrup engaging under the end of the said ratchet-bar, lever mechanism, the inner ends of which are pivoted to the upper ends of the said stirrup, said lever mechanism extendim to opposite ends of said truck and fulcrumed upon said bolsters, the upper ends of said lever mechanism being extended above the opposite ends of the truck. and forming a seat, adapted to slidably engage and support the brick-support, means for feeding said ratchet-bar, and an actuating lever mechanism therefor, substantially as described.

5. In combination with the car truck and wheels, a vertically-movable support, a platform, straddling the truck between the wheels, a vertically-feeding mechanism secured under the platform, a lever mechanism fulcrumedat the opposite ends of the truck,

the inner ends of which engage the vertical 6. In combination with a car truck and wheels, a platform straddling the truck, a movable brick-support, a jack mechanism secured to the under face or the platform and comprising a ratchet-bar-movable vertically under the platform, a substantially U-shaped stlrrup engaging under" theend of the ra tchetbar, lever mechanism pivoted to the opposite arms of said StiITlIpfSaid lever mechanism belng extended to-the 'oppn siteends of the truck'. and fulcrumed thereto substantially pver the Wheel-axles, the upper ends of said 'lever mechanism projecting-above the truck and forming'a seat adapted to slidably en- --g e and support the said movable bricksupport, and an actuating-lever, substantially as described.

i 7. A brick-car having atruck, a brick-supporting deck vertically moyable thereon, a platform supported across the truck, a. jack mechanism secured to the platform, connections between the deck and the verticallymovable element of the jack, and reversing mechanism, whereby the j ack Ina Y be fed in opposite directions, substantially as de scribed.

8. In combination with a car truck and wheels, :1, lifting-j 210k supported by the truck,

a vertically-movable brick-support seated upon the truck, connections between the jack and said support, a crank-shaft and arm for actuating the jack, a lever having connection with said arm for actuating said jack, and j ack-reversing mechanism whereby said lever may be operated to raise or lower the bricksupport, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK HOWARD REID. Witnesses:

OLIVER B. KAIsER, LUISE BECK. 

